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Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, is pictured with his running mate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, right, in the Fiserv Forum on the second day of Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 16.

Ohio, the [political] heart of it all

By Jason Dick and Jessica Wehrman
Posted August 1, 2024 at 1:08pm
Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, is seen outside a House Republican Conference meeting in the Longworth Building on Oct. 24.

Rep. Brad Wenstrup to retire

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted November 9, 2023 at 8:55pm
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, battled against House GOP leadership but now is vying to be speaker.

As speaker, ‘fire-breather’ Jordan would have to become deal-maker

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted October 6, 2023 at 2:23pm
Runners take off from the starting line during the ACLI Capital Challenge 3-mile race in Anacostia Park on Wednesday, May 17, 2023.

The Capital Challenge race, explained

By Jason Dick and Jessica Wehrman
Posted May 19, 2023 at 9:30am
Rep. Abigail Spanberger, right, and Sen. Mark Warner, both D-Va., meet with reporters following a Prince William County early voting rally for Spanberger in Woodbridge, Va., on Sept. 24. Spanberger won a competitive reelection race Tuesday.

How vulnerable House incumbents fared in the 2022 midterms

By Laura Weiss, Jessica Wehrman, Jim Saksa, Aidan Quigley, Mary Ellen McIntire, Paul V. Fontelo, Ariel Cohen, Daniela Altimari and Kate Ackley
Posted November 8, 2022 at 11:18pm, Updated November 23, 2022 at 8:20pm
Former Rep. Norman Mineta, D-Calif, hugs his son Stuart during the unveiling of his portrait in 1995.

Norm Mineta, who went from incarceration camp to two Cabinet agencies, dead at 90

By Jessica Wehrman and Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted May 3, 2022 at 8:22pm
Former President Donald Trump listens as Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance speaks during a rally on April 23 in Delaware, Ohio.

What to watch in Tuesday’s primaries in Ohio and Indiana

By Stephanie Akin and Jessica Wehrman
Posted May 2, 2022 at 6:00am
Trucks fuel up at the Love's Truck Stop in Springville, Utah, on Dec. 1, 2021.

Truckers hope bill brings long-sought overtime pay to their field

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted April 26, 2022 at 5:00am
Masked and unmasked passengers make their way through Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday. The CDC said Wednesday it asked the Justice Department to appeal a federal judge's ruling striking down the mask mandate on airplanes and other public transportation.

CDC aims to appeal mask mandate ruling

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted April 20, 2022 at 8:02pm
Commuters wearing masks travel on the Washington Metro on April 14.

Federal judge overturns travel mask mandate

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted April 18, 2022 at 5:25pm, Updated April 19, 2022 at 12:58pm
Amtrak's California Zephyr passenger train departs Chicago Union Station on March 2, 2022.

Better watch your speed, watchdog and others tell a flush Amtrak

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted April 18, 2022 at 6:00am
The House last week passed a bill to require all transportation modes to establish policies and training structures on sexual assault and harassment.

Infrastructure law demands new focus on transit worker assaults

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted April 5, 2022 at 6:30am
An Amtrak train pulls out of Union Station. in Washington.

Watchdog: Managing infrastructure money presents challenge for Amtrak

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted April 4, 2022 at 7:14pm
Pelosi speaks to reporters in the Capitol on Thursday. She said rebate cards or direct payments are being considered to help offset higher fuel costs.

Pelosi dismisses gas tax hiatus, says consumers wouldn’t benefit

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted March 31, 2022 at 3:59pm
Rep. Virginia Foxx says the bill “misses the mark and takes away important oversight in federal workers compensation programs.”

Longshoremen seek workers’ comp law change for COVID-19 coverage

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted March 24, 2022 at 6:00am
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., sponsored the resolution aimed at overturning a federal requirement that passengers on U.S. airplanes and other modes of public transportation wear masks.

Senate votes to overturn mask mandate on airplanes, transit

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted March 15, 2022 at 8:52pm
Airline passengers wearing face masks at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.

Airline, transit mask mandates extended through April 18

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted March 10, 2022 at 2:08pm
Supporters wave signs as motorcoach buses pass by the U.S. Capitol during a 2020 rolling rally on federal assistance for the bus industry.

Still struggling motor coach industry seeks more federal aid

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted March 8, 2022 at 10:30am
Heavy-duty vehicles such as buses and trucks make up nearly one-quarter of all U.S. transportation greenhouse gas emissions, according to the administration.

White House unveils steps to clean up trucks, buses

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted March 7, 2022 at 4:18pm
Cars and trucks are directed into the right lane on Interstate 78 in Greenwich Township, Pa., on April 27, 2021. Federal highway law requires states to set data-driven safety goals.

In infrastructure law, a stronger emphasis on highway safety

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted March 1, 2022 at 10:00am
Passenger rail advocates want to revive the Amtrak line between Mobile, Ala., and New Orleans that was shut down after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Amtrak wants to restore Gulf line; freight rail not on board

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted February 24, 2022 at 10:00am
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., was a key supporter of the bipartisan infrastructure law.

Capito leads GOP letter urging change to road-spending guidance

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted February 18, 2022 at 11:49am
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called the tax proposal "half-baked." Above, gas prices at an Exxon station on Capitol Hill in March 2021.

Bill to suspend gas tax is panned by transport groups

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted February 17, 2022 at 2:01pm
A Union Pacific freight train passes the railroad crossing in Nipton, Calif., on Aug. 30, 2019.

Freight rail bucks Biden’s plea to share cargo

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted February 17, 2022 at 11:30am
Passengers go through security screening at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Lawmakers at odds on how to handle guns at airport checkpoints

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted February 16, 2022 at 9:00am
A worker uses an asphalt roller to pave Maryland Avenue Northeast in Capitol Hill on Oct. 4, 2021.

What’s happening with infrastructure spending?

By David Lerman, Jessica Wehrman, Peter Cohn and Evan Campbell
Posted February 11, 2022 at 11:41am
Roads and other projects approved in the bipartisan infrastrcture law remain on hold until Congress passes a spending bill.

Even with spending framework, infrastructure delays loom

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted February 10, 2022 at 10:50am
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is concerned about a Federal Highway Administration memo that she says outlines policies contradicting those negotiated in the bipartisan infrastructure law.

Republicans: Biden forcing ‘woke’ agenda in infrastructure law

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted February 9, 2022 at 2:35pm
Amtrak passengers walk through Union Station in Washington on June 1, 2021.

Amtrak IG: Gateway project needs better management planning

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted February 8, 2022 at 3:28pm
A contractor installs 5G cellular equipment on a light pole near Los Angeles International Airport on Jan. 19.

‘It’s embarrassing’: FCC-FAA skirmish over 5G leads to lawmaker frustration

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted February 4, 2022 at 7:28am
Supporters arrive at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, for the Freedom Truck Convoy to protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions. By Tuesday, the Canadian truckers were blockading the capital and a U.S. border crossing.

Unvaccinated truckers find roadblocks at Canada-US border

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted February 1, 2022 at 3:26pm
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, seen with an electric car in 2021, was releasing a department report with a new highway safety strategy to be paid for in part by the bipartisan infrastructure law.

DOT vows ‘paradigm shift’ in new roadway safety standards

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted January 27, 2022 at 9:00am, Updated at 12:14pm
Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., said he won't seek reelection this year.

Norton, Larsen line up to replace DeFazio on House transportation panel

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted January 25, 2022 at 2:15pm
If Joe Biden has achieved anything, say analysts watching his presidency, it’s passage of the bipartisan infrastructure law.

After a true infrastructure year, focus turns to implementation

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted January 25, 2022 at 2:00pm
Airlines and the FAA worry that new 5G services from wireless companies could affect aircraft radar.

AT&T and Verizon delay 5G deployment near some airports

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted January 18, 2022 at 2:04pm, Updated at 6:27pm
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced the first batch of funding in Philadelphia.

Administration announces $27 billion in bridge projects

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted January 14, 2022 at 11:43am
Rep. David E. Price chairs the House Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee.

Temporary spending bill would delay big infrastructure plans

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted January 12, 2022 at 8:10am
House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter A. DeFazio, D-Ore., said the FCC sided with telecommunications over safety.

Demand for spectrum pits FCC against other agencies

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted January 10, 2022 at 3:43pm

Airlines, wireless companies announce deal on 5G deployment

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted January 4, 2022 at 9:00am
A Southwest Airlines flight departs Atlanta.

Aviation, wireless industries say they’ll cooperate on 5G solution

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted December 22, 2021 at 3:49pm
Automakers have been counting on provisions in Democrats' budget reconciliation package that would support electric vehicle charging infrastructure to help them meet the new emissions standards.

EPA finalizes tougher vehicle emission standards

By Joseph Morton, Jessica Wehrman and Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted December 20, 2021 at 3:21pm
Steven Cliff, nominee to be administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, testifies during his confirmation hearing on Thursday.

Highway safety nominee faces grilling over driverless vehicles

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted December 16, 2021 at 6:10pm
A truck travels along I-95 at Oxon Hill, Md.

Biden administration to announce plans to recruit truck drivers

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted December 16, 2021 at 5:00am
Airline crew members at Dulles International Airport.

Airline executives defend use of payroll support amid pandemic

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted December 15, 2021 at 7:22pm
A TSA official checks in passengers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in 2016.

TSA: More passengers bringing anger and loaded guns to airports

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted December 13, 2021 at 7:00pm
Trucks hauling shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, California, in November.

Trucker shortage? It’s a point of debate amid supply chain jam

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted December 8, 2021 at 12:28pm
Reporters question Rep. Peter DeFazio, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, in September. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and Rep. Rick Larsen are seeking to succeed DeFazio as the panel's top Democrat.

Norton, Larsen bid for top Democratic spot on Transportation Committee

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted December 2, 2021 at 4:24pm
Family members of drunken driving victims hold pictures of their loved ones during a Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) rally in Upper Senate Park in 2012.

Infrastructure law has a mandate for tech to stop drunken drivers

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted December 2, 2021 at 7:00am
Oregona Rep. Peter A. DeFazio is not running for reelection next year.

DeFazio joins Democrats heading for exits in 2022

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted December 1, 2021 at 2:06pm, Updated at 5:17pm
A bipartisan group of lawmakers are hoping to attach their draft bill, which would establish a national database aimed at streamlining the U.S. supply chain, to the National Defense Authorization Act.

Bill would create database to address supply chain crisis

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted December 1, 2021 at 11:46am
Shipping containers sit stacked in California last month.

Supply chain logjam: Where logistics and politics collide

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted November 16, 2021 at 1:52pm
President Joe Biden, flanked by Vice President Kamala Harris and lawmakers, signs the infrastructure bill on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday evening.

In implementing infrastructure law, Biden turns to two former mayors for help

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted November 16, 2021 at 5:45am
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, here at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in 2020, is in a position to pursue his wonky infrastructure agenda. How he got to Washington is a story told in the forthcoming “Mayor Pete” documentary.

Infrastructure Week: No longer a punchline

By Jason Dick, Jessica Wehrman and Evan Campbell
Posted November 11, 2021 at 12:19pm
President Joe Biden is scheduled to sign the bipartisan infrastructure bill on Monday.

Biden’s challenge: Getting infrastructure up and running

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted November 11, 2021 at 7:00am
From left, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.,and House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., turn away from the cameras after announcing their plans to move forward with the infrastructure and larger spending bill.

House sends infrastructure bill to Biden without budget vote

By Jessica Wehrman, Lindsey McPherson and Joseph Morton
Posted November 5, 2021 at 11:35pm
Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal speaks with reporters on the Build Back Better Act and the infrastructure bill outside the Capitol on Friday.

House votes Friday on infrastructure, budget bill rule in doubt

By Jessica Wehrman, Suzanne Monyak and Joseph Morton
Posted November 5, 2021 at 11:07am, Updated at 6:13pm
A detour sign stands at a road construction site on New Jersey Avenue Northwest in Washington in May.

House, Senate disagree over namesake for DOT headquarters

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted November 5, 2021 at 9:44am
The latest version of the reconciliation bill reduces port infrastructure grants from $2.5 billion to $600 million — a move that may be controversial during the ongoing supply chain logjam.

Revised budget bill cuts more than $10 billion in transportation funds

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted November 1, 2021 at 12:15pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi had hoped for an infrastructure vote Thursday.

House punts on infrastructure, passes highway bill extension

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted October 28, 2021 at 8:30pm
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says he’s disappointed drug price negotiation provisions were left out of the reconciliation framework.

Infrastructure vote looks shaky as progressives balk, again

By Lauren Clason, Jennifer Shutt, Laura Weiss and Jessica Wehrman
Posted October 28, 2021 at 2:51pm
Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, D-Va., said because his state's gubernatorial race is so tight, passing the bipartisan bill by Virginia Election Day may make a difference.

As Halloween deadline nears, Democrats spooked over highway law

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted October 27, 2021 at 11:44am
North Carolina Democratic Rep. David Price is retiring rather than seek another term in 2022.

Price, Doyle join Democrats who won’t be back after 2022

By Jessica Wehrman and Bridget Bowman
Posted October 18, 2021 at 12:54pm, Updated at 2:18pm
Jeff Zients, President Joe Biden's COVID-19 coordinator, said last month the restrictions would be lifted for those fully vaccinated.

White House sets Nov. 8 to open US to vaccinated travelers

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted October 15, 2021 at 12:03pm
Containers are piled up at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles in California in September, signs of nationwide record-high demand for imported goods fueling a supply-chain logjam.

Supply chain logjam poses question: Can Biden save Christmas?

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted October 13, 2021 at 11:50am, Updated at 4:29pm
Congress passed a short-term extension of highway and transit projects after a long-term bill got caught up in a standoff over a major budget and policy bill.

Short-term highway bill extension brings anxiety to contractors

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted October 13, 2021 at 6:00am
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., said the inclusion of rail and transit funding in the infrastructure bill will make it harder to provide "robust" funding in the reconciliation bill.

Transit, rail funding seen as vulnerable to reconciliation cuts

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted October 12, 2021 at 1:15pm
President Joe Biden, accompanied by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries and Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark, walks through the Crypt of the Capitol on the way to the House Democrats' caucus meeting in the basement of the Capitol on Friday, Oct. 1, 2021.

Biden headed to Capitol Hill to try to bridge Democratic divide

By Jessica Wehrman, Lindsey McPherson and Laura Weiss
Posted October 1, 2021 at 2:45pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., delayed a planned Thursday House vote on a Senate-passed bipartisan infrastructure bill as negotiations on an intertwined partisan spending bill continued.

House delays infrastructure vote as last-minute talks hit wall

By Lindsey McPherson and Jessica Wehrman
Posted September 30, 2021 at 11:41pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Thursday leaves her weekly news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center, where she discussed the vote on the infrastructure bill.

Pelosi confident about ‘winning’ infrastructure vote

By Lindsey McPherson and Jessica Wehrman
Posted September 30, 2021 at 1:30pm
Rep. Don Young was on the House floor for the opening session of the 117th Congress in January.

Eschewing Zoom, Don Young AWOL for 19 months of markups

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted September 30, 2021 at 6:30am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks with reporters after a rally to promote climate benefits in the budget reconciliation package in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Infrastructure vote still on despite reconciliation stalemate

By Lindsey McPherson and Jessica Wehrman
Posted September 29, 2021 at 8:31pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi talks with reporters after a rally Tuesday to promote climate benefits in the Democrats' budget reconciliation package.

Progressives not budging as infrastructure deadline looms

By Lindsey McPherson and Jessica Wehrman
Posted September 28, 2021 at 5:52pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said the House can no longer wait until the Senate passes the reconciliation package to vote on the infrastructure bill.

House Democrats look for a sign from the Senate on budget bill

By Jessica Wehrman and Lindsey McPherson
Posted September 27, 2021 at 1:19pm, Updated at 11:08pm
Airline staff are seen at Dulles International Airport in August. Flight attendant groups want the Justice Department to be more aggressive in prosecuting disruptive airline passengers.

More air rage incidents spur calls for criminal enforcement

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted September 23, 2021 at 3:32pm
Passengers go through security at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Domestic flight vaccine mandate? Not ‘off the table’

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted September 23, 2021 at 6:00am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi is confident the infrastructure bill will get to the House floor on time. “We are on schedule,” she said. “And we’re calm and everybody’s good and our work's almost done.”

Infrastructure vote suspense prompts worries about highway bill

By Jessica Wehrman and Lindsey McPherson
Posted September 23, 2021 at 5:00am
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., speaks with reporters as she arrives for the House Democrats’ caucus meeting in the basement of the Capitol on Tuesday.

Democrats still feuding as infrastructure deadline nears

By Lindsey McPherson and Jessica Wehrman
Posted September 21, 2021 at 3:00pm
Travelers at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas in June 2020. With nearly 6 billion vaccinations administered globally, the U.S. is opting to move to a travel system that is “individual-based, rather than country-based,” said White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients.

Biden administration eases COVID-19 ban on international travel

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted September 20, 2021 at 5:08pm
A granite curb being prepared for installation on Capitol Hill in August.

Engineering firms told to repay ‘forgivable’ pandemic loans

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted September 15, 2021 at 7:00am
A sign warns drivers of road work ahead near McCamey, Texas, in April.

With big spending plans looming, key roles are unfilled at DOT

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted August 31, 2021 at 6:00am
Oregon Rep. Peter A. DeFazio is looking to the budget reconciliation bill to advance progressive goals after seeing his transportation measure set aside by the Senate.

DeFazio looks to try again on his progressive transportation agenda

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted August 20, 2021 at 2:30pm
Tesla vehicles stand outside of a Brooklyn showroom and service center in 2018 in New York.

Senators urge FTC to investigate Tesla ‘Autopilot’ marketing

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted August 18, 2021 at 3:11pm, Updated at 4:53pm
Vice President Kamala Harris arrives in the Capitol on Tuesday to preside over the Senate's passage of a massive infrastructure measure.

Senate OKs infrastructure bill; fate in House tied to bigger budget bill

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted August 10, 2021 at 11:50am, Updated August 11, 2021 at 12:15pm
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, seen in Chicago last month, has traveled around the country to sell voters on infrastructure spending.

Buttigieg takes infrastructure sales pitch to New Jersey

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted August 10, 2021 at 9:00am
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., led Democrats in negotiating the infrastructure legislation with moderate Republicans.

Senate slogs through infrastructure debate

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted August 8, 2021 at 10:07pm
“I’m not trying to expedite this process whatsoever,” said Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn.

Debate on infrastructure bill stretches into Sunday — and likely beyond

By Jessica Wehrman and Joseph Morton
Posted August 7, 2021 at 8:08pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer filed a cloture motion Thursday night.

Senate seeks finish line for infrastructure bill

By Joseph Morton and Jessica Wehrman
Posted August 6, 2021 at 5:52pm
Sens. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., both standing, led the 22 lawmakers who negotiated the infrastructure bill.

Senate aims for weekend vote on infrastructure bill

By Jessica Wehrman, Joseph Morton and Peter Cohn
Posted August 5, 2021 at 10:55pm
From left, Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Bill Cassidy, Rob Portman, Susan Collins and Mitt Romney announced an agreement on the infrastructure bill on July 28.

Portman’s 2011 ‘supercommittee’ try informed infrastructure work

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted August 5, 2021 at 5:00am
“The fact that something is bipartisan doesn’t mean that it makes sense for the American people,” Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said of the infrastructure bill.

Conservatives take aim at infrastructure bill in Senate

By Jessica Wehrman and Joseph Morton
Posted August 4, 2021 at 7:04pm
Teamsters and climate justice groups gathered near Washington's Union Station in June to demand funding for high-speed rail projects.

10 things to know about the infrastructure bill

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted August 4, 2021 at 6:30am
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., conducts a news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Amendment holds slow Senate infrastructure bill’s progress

By Jessica Wehrman, Lindsey McPherson and Joseph Morton
Posted August 3, 2021 at 8:10pm
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg promotes President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan in April.

Infrastructure bill may give Buttigieg final say over $105 billion

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted August 2, 2021 at 5:04pm
Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W. Va., spoke at a Problem Solvers Caucus news conference on the infrastructure deal on Friday.

Senate moves to debate on infrastructure as bill takes shape

By Jessica Wehrman and Joseph Morton
Posted July 30, 2021 at 3:54pm
One critic called the bill “car-focused,” saying any attempt to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by increasing access to transit would be offset by the availability of new highways to drive on. 

Infrastructure lament: ‘Deal is more important than the outcome’

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted July 30, 2021 at 6:00am
From left, Republicans Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Rob Portman of Ohio, Susan Collins of Maine, and Mitt Romney of Utah, announce an agreement on an infrastructure bill during a news conference in the Capitol on Wednesday.

Infrastructure bill advanced with $550 billion in new spending

By Joseph Morton, Jessica Wehrman and Lauren Clason
Posted July 28, 2021 at 1:08pm, Updated at 9:29pm
“They just sort of went on their own. And that's not the way they should have done it," Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin said of the infrastructure negotiating team.

Infrastructure committees ask: What about us?

By Jessica Wehrman and Joseph Morton
Posted July 28, 2021 at 6:00am
Sen. Mitt Romney, pictured during a June negotiating session, said Monday that accusations that he reneged on an agreement to fully fund the Senate water bill were "a little strange."

Infrastructure negotiators’ new deadline: ‘ASAP’

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted July 26, 2021 at 10:32am, Updated at 7:30pm
The disagreement over transit “could sink the whole thing,” said Sen. John Tester, D-Mont., who has traditionally been one of the more optimistic members of the infrastructure negotiating team. “But I don’t think it’s gonna.”

Bipartisan infrastructure talks said to be stuck on transit

By Jessica Wehrman and Joseph Morton
Posted July 22, 2021 at 7:38pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer makes his way to a news conference on immigration outside the Capitol while the Senate conducted a procedural vote on the infrastructure bill.

Vote falls short, but infrastructure talks continue

By Jessica Wehrman and Joseph Morton
Posted July 21, 2021 at 7:12pm